LinkedIn's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. / Noah Berger AP

by Gary Strauss, USA TODAY

by Gary Strauss, USA TODAY

CEO Jeffrey Weiner gained nearly $180 million, including $169.8 million from stock options and $9.4 million from vested shares. Weiner also received compensation valued at about $49 million, the business-networking website said Monday in its annual proxy.

Weiner's pay package and combined gains from stock and options were among the biggest of any CEO in Corporate America in 2013, according to a USA TODAY analysis of corporate filings.

Weiner, 44, has been LinkedIn's CEO since June 2009. The former venture capitalist was an executive at Yahoo from May 2001 to June 2008.

Weiner, who was paid a $583,750 salary, was awarded $18.7 million in restricted stock and options worth $28.7 million. He also received a bonus of nearly $1.1 million.

LinkedIn said Weiner exceeded operational performance measures and that his equity grant reflected stock awards made to executives at companies within its peer group. LinkedIn's board of directors factored in revenue, earnings, members and page views among its performance measures.

Until last year, LinkedIn shares had been on a tear since a May 2011 IPO, when they were priced at $45. The stock peaked at about $253 in September 2013, but like other momentum stocks, has been in a downdraft of late. After opening 2014 at $215.43, LinkedIn has disconnected, falling 31%. It closed at $148.06, down 6.4% Monday.